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Synonyms for heather

Grammar : Adj
Spell : heth -er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛð ər

Top 10 synonyms for heather
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Définition of heather

Origin :
  • early 14c., hathir, from Old English *hæddre, Scottish or northern England dialect name for Calluna vulgaris, probably altered by heath, but real connection to that word is unlikely [Liberman, OED]. Perhaps originally Celtic. As a fem. proper name little used in U.S. before 1935, but a top-15 name for girls born there 1971-1989.
  • As in gray : adj silver
  • As in gray/grey : adj muted silver in color
Example sentences :
  • I left the village in the gathering gloom and was soon out on the heather.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • "I'll put them on whan I come to the heather," she concluded.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • Straucht up hill throuw the heather, and I'll put my sheen on!'
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • In pure obedience he rose from the heather, and sat upon the stone.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Like one in a dream he followed, his head hanging, his eyes on the heather.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • You were lying on your face in the heather; you said it was like kissing a loved woman.
  • Extract from : « The Mob (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He aye said the heather wasna dry yet wi' the Covenanters' bluid.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • On the path, too, and among the heather were dark stains of clotted blood.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Even yet he could see where she had pressed down the heather as she reclined.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • The heather, rich in this our Galloway as an emperor's robe, had scarce bloomed at all.
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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